New York City to ban firms from using subscription traps, officials say
The rule requires clear subscription terms and same-method cancellations, and officials say it could save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million a year.
- On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a "Click to Cancel" rule requiring businesses to make subscription cancellations as easy as sign-ups, effective October 1.
- Mamdani signed executive orders in January targeting deceptive subscription practices and "Junk Fees," positioning the rule as central to his affordability agenda aimed at protecting working people.
- Businesses must allow cancellation through the same enrollment method, with penalties starting at $525 per violation; the Roosevelt Institute projects annual savings of $162.5 million for New Yorkers.
- Enforcement begins October 1, with DCWP Commissioner Samuel Levine stating residents can report violations by calling 311; at least nine states have already enacted similar protections.
- The city is also proposing a "Junk Fees" rule requiring transparent upfront pricing, while a prior national "Click to Cancel" rule introduced by Former President Joe Biden's administration was struck down by federal courts.
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New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices and force companies to offer easy cancellation
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that the city's final Click-to-Cancel Rule will take effect on October 1. New York will become the first US city to impose this type of requirement at the municipal level.Read Entire Article
POLITICS: Mayor Mamdani is pandering to entitled voters, again
Zohran Mamdani wants to be a knight in shining armor, coming to save New Yorkers from … their streaming subscriptions. The mayor’s office has announced a new city rule that promises to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for one. Do New Yorkers seriously need the government to step in and save them from their streaming subscription after a free trial renews? Let’s be adults here. This new rule, touted by the administration as a …
Mamdani unveils 'click-to-cancel' rule targeting subscription traps
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a first-in-the-nation municipal “click-to-cancel” consumer protection rule designed to make it as easy for residents to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up for them, while also cracking down on hidden junk fees. The proposed regulation would require businesses operating in New York City to provide consumers with a cancellation process that is as simple as the original sign-up method. Under th…
New Yorkers Get Click-to-Cancel Rule
From October 1, companies will also need to provide customers with a straightforward cancellation process via the same method they signed up with. In addition, companies will be unable to ask customers to pay to ship items that were given to them for free.
New York Mayor Zohran Mayor brings back 'Click-To-Cancel' rule that Comcast, Disney, Warner Bros and many other companies sued FTC over months ago
Tech News News: The rule that America's biggest entertainment and telecom companies helped bury in federal court is back—this time as city law. New York City Mayor Zo.
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